What is Diprospan used for?

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Diprospan is a combination steroid injection containing two salts of betamethasone (betamethasone dipropionate and betamethasone sodium phosphate) that may be used to treat a wide range of inflammatory conditions that are typically responsive to corticosteroids.

How much betamethasone does Diprospan contain?

Each 1mL of Diprospan injection contains betamethasone dipropionate equivalent to 5 mg betamethasone and betamethasone sodium phosphate equivalent to 2 mg betamethasone. The total amount of betamethasone per ml is 7mg.

Diprospan is available as a 1ml ampoule and there are 5 ampoules per box.

What can Diprospan be used to treat?

Diprospan may be used to treat the following corticosteroid-responsive conditions:

  • Anemia
  • Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • Arthritis
  • Asthma
  • Atopic Dermatitis
  • Berylliosis
  • Brain cancer
  • Cancer
  • Cerebral Edema
  • Colitis
  • Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
  • Dermatitis (all types)
  • Hay Fever
  • Hemolytic Anemia
  • Hypercalcemia
  • Inflammatory Conditions
  • Edema
  • Gout
  • Head Injury
  • Leukemia
  • Lupus
  • Lymphoma
  • Meningitis
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Mycosis Fungoides
  • Nephrotic Syndrome
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Pneumonia
  • Polymyositis
  • Proteinuria
  • Psoriatic Arthritis
  • Pemphigus
  • Purpura
  • Rheumatoid arthritis and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
  • Rhinitis
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  • Spondylitis
  • Serum Sickness
  • Temporal Arteritis
  • Trichinosis
  • Tuberculosis
  • Ulcerative colitis.
  • Which countries is Diprospan available in?

    Diprospan may be available in the following countries:

  • Brazil
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Denmark
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Georgia
  • Guatemala
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Iceland
  • Israel
  • Malaysia
  • Mexico
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Russia
  • Singapore
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Turkey
  • Venezuela.
  • What is the equivalent of Diprospan available in the United States?

    There is not a combination betamethasone injection available in the United States that is exactly the same as Diprospan; however, there is one that is very similar which contains betamethasone acetate with betamethasone sodium phosphate (Celestone soluspan).

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